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Forum: Interior
04-11-2015, 10:44 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,871
Posted By seanconnery89

Re: 1989 red interior color question

So aint no one can tell me what the name of the red interior color for a 1989 iroc is?
Forum: Interior
04-05-2015, 09:15 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,871
Posted By seanconnery89

1989 red interior color question

Hi all, my 1989 iroc has the black paint, red interior color combo, which I find to be cool as hell. With that said, I have a really simple question:

The car is vintage 1989, with the exception of...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
05-19-2014, 12:46 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 329
Posted By seanconnery89

intermittent stall-out problem

First let me say thanks for all the good advice everyone has given me on helping me with my timing related problem in another thread. The car runs lika a monster now.

That being said there is one...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
05-18-2014, 02:13 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 7,711
Posted By seanconnery89

Re: Did I replace the distributor correctly?

There was one more thing I forgot to ask about. Now that it runs, and runs great, there is a particular circumstance when it stalls out for no reason. I was going to ask this as a new thread, but I...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
05-18-2014, 09:36 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 7,711
Posted By seanconnery89

Re: Did I replace the distributor correctly?

What finally worked was that I was able to get help from a friend who fools with cars too. He put his finger in the #1 plug hole and I cranked the engine over with a breaker bar until he told me he...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
05-10-2014, 08:18 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 7,711
Posted By seanconnery89

Re: Did I replace the distributor correctly?

Okay folks. More update time. IT LIVES! Sure enough, all it took was some help from a friend interested in cars (not my wife who didn't want to get her hands 'icky') and we got it running in a half...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
05-04-2014, 11:07 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 7,711
Posted By seanconnery89

Re: Did I replace the distributor correctly?

Okay. I just went out there with my wife and had her crank it over while I turned the dist. slowly to the right and it did nothing. It finally backfired at the extreme right (I could also feel the...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
05-03-2014, 03:50 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 7,711
Posted By seanconnery89

Re: Did I replace the distributor correctly?

Thanks for the info about a little at a time. Looks like it's time to rustle my dad off his duff and over here to assist. How do I know for sure that I can finally put the 0 TDC issue behind me and...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
05-02-2014, 04:29 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 7,711
Posted By seanconnery89

Re: Did I replace the distributor correctly?

Okay, time for the latest update. I checked my positioning of the rotor at #1 plug against 0 TDC and I think I have it on the compression stroke. I am getting it to backfire all over the place now so...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
05-01-2014, 04:53 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 7,711
Posted By seanconnery89

Re: Did I replace the distributor correctly?

Thanks for the help so far. I'm going to try that plastic bag over the spark plug hole trick when I get the chance to work on it again.
Forum: Tech / General Engine
04-30-2014, 10:28 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 7,711
Posted By seanconnery89

Re: Did I replace the distributor correctly?

Oh yeah that's the right cylinder indeed. I thought that was the air conditioning compressor right there that has 2 hard lines running out of it. I just realized that there is more than one belt....
Forum: Tech / General Engine
04-30-2014, 09:47 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 7,711
Posted By seanconnery89

Re: Did I replace the distributor correctly?

Yeah, me too 90Camaro. That's how this whole mess started. Working alone, I get under the car and use a breaker bar and a 5/8" socket and rotate the engine clockwise a little at a time while using an...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
04-30-2014, 09:26 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 7,711
Posted By seanconnery89

Re: Did I replace the distributor correctly?

Is there any sensors that could be faulty and thus prevent the engine from firing?
Forum: Tech / General Engine
04-30-2014, 06:47 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 7,711
Posted By seanconnery89

Re: Did I replace the distributor correctly?

I think it might be the other half of the fuel system that I havent diagnosed yet i.e. the fuel rail and the injectors. I really hope it's not them but what else could it be? Does it stand to reason...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
04-30-2014, 06:18 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 7,711
Posted By seanconnery89

Re: Did I replace the distributor correctly?

It doesn't want to backfire. As for the spark question, I followed the testers guidelines. I didn't know that the spark needs to be a certian strength to fire off the fuel/air mixture. So even if the...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
04-30-2014, 05:30 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 7,711
Posted By seanconnery89

Re: Did I replace the distributor correctly?

Okay so here's an update. I replaced the fuel pump and strainer with new parts from Bosch. I completely emptied out the gas tank and cleaned it. The original AC Delco pump had the rubber boot that...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
04-18-2014, 01:40 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 7,711
Posted By seanconnery89

Re: Did I replace the distributor correctly?

I forgot to answer an earlier question from mcgarnicle. The tach DOES bounce when you try to start it. I just went out there (just put my daughter down for a nap. Did I mention that I'm home on a...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
04-18-2014, 12:32 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 7,711
Posted By seanconnery89

Re: Did I replace the distributor correctly?

init4fun: Thanks for the continued info. I read on a turbo transam forum of a real nice way to do an access panel with a stainless cover plate and gasket and screws. That's how I'm going to approach...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
04-18-2014, 10:29 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 7,711
Posted By seanconnery89

Re: Did I replace the distributor correctly?

Thanks for the help so far folks. I bought a spark plug tester the other day and tested a few wires and they are getting spark. I am also convinced that I have the timing set up correctly at 0 TDC....
Forum: Tech / General Engine
04-15-2014, 10:27 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 7,711
Posted By seanconnery89

Re: Did I replace the distributor correctly?

Thanks for the advice, jagdprcp. I tried the thumb over the spark plug hole method, but as I have no one able to help me I did it myself. I have the front end up on jackstands so I got under there...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
04-07-2014, 09:15 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 7,711
Posted By seanconnery89

Did I replace the distributor correctly?

Hello folks. I'm sort of new here and I am working on my dad's 1989 IROC Z with the 5.7. The car is all original with 84,000 miles. When he got it out of hibernation the other day it was running...
Forum: Exhaust
09-19-2012, 07:56 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 893
Posted By seanconnery89

Re: G92 option choice of exhaust

Well I ordered the Magnaflow kit #16829. Hopefully it'll fit. My father said he liked the sound better than the Flowmaster kit after I showed him some youtube videos of each one. And since it's for...
Forum: Exhaust
09-11-2012, 01:56 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 893
Posted By seanconnery89

G92 option choice of exhaust

I have the L98 TPI with the G92 option and dual cat exhaust system. Everything is stock. All the research I've done hasnt really answered my question. Flowmaster's website says all their cat back...
Forum: Exhaust
08-20-2012, 06:43 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 931
Posted By seanconnery89

Re: New to the scene 1989 IROC

jrhaus76, I dont think my dad wants to change anything around as far as get rid of the dual cats alltogether or have a custom chip burned. I told him that option is kind of rare and he thinks thats...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
08-17-2012, 11:25 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,421
Posted By seanconnery89

1989 L98 hard start

Hello all. My dad and I are new to the 3rd gen scene. This past spring my dad bought a really nice 1989 IROC with the L98 engine. It also has the G92 & N10 rear axle and dual cat exhaust system, the...
Forum: Exhaust
08-17-2012, 11:00 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 931
Posted By seanconnery89

New to the scene 1989 IROC

Hello all. This past spring my dad bought a really nice 1989 IROC with the 5.7 tpi and a dealership installed 5 speed (the 1st owner had it done in 1992 with all factory pieces and such). As I've...
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